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Zen Monkeys has published a very entertaining interview with
Justin Kan of Justin.TV, transcribed from an episode of The
RU Sirius Show. BB pal Jamais Cascio participated in the
discussion, which covers surveillance implications, pornographic
possibilities, and potential copyright problems as Justin's one-man
show transitions into a network and a franchise.
Photo by Scott BealeJEFF: Isn't there going to be a big scandal for your franchise
when the first person starts broadcasting themselves naked or having
sex or something that's considered obscene? How do you regulate that?RU: I thought that was the idea! (laughter)
JUSTIN: Justin.tv has been R-rated at best, so far.
JEFF: But isn't that going to be a problem? It will probably
become some kind of a free speech issue. You'd have to force people
through some channel where whatever they're going to be webcasting —
it's okay. Because otherwise, anybody can just load up their browser
and watch people having sex!JUSTIN: Well they can already do that. Just not on justin.tv!
JEFF: You're going to make it a lot easier…
RU: So whatever people are going to do with their Justin
franchises is OK to you?JUSTIN: Well honesty, justin.tv shouldn't be a platform for
the (sort of) "bad stuff" out there on the internet. Whether it's hate
speech or obscenities of whatever. So we'll almost definitely do some
censorship. If someone's using their channel to broadcast themselves
committing a crime – well, that's not something we want to promote.
You know? We would definitely shut that down.
